Omar Nelson Bradley was born in Clark on this date in 1893. The legendary WWII general and first-ever chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was born into a poor family who lived in Randolph County.
Military History
Birthday of President, General, and adoptive Missourian Hiram Ulysses Grant (aka Ulysses S. Grant).
Enoch Herbert Crowder was born in Edinburg, Missouri, on this date in 1859.
The Battle of Pea Ridge at the Missouri-Arkansas border decimated the power of Confederate forces in Missouri.
William Tecumseh Sherman’s funeral mass and burial were held in St. Louis on this date in 1891.
Since the first Stars and Stripes was printed in Bloomfield in 1861, the Department of Defense designated Bloomfield as the birthplace of the Stars and Stripes newspaper. The Missouri Stars and Stripes was printed only once during the Civil War. It wouldn’t see publication again until World War I, when it was an eight-page weekly. Publication stopped after WWI, then for the first nine months of World War II, it was restarted.
General Nathaniel Lyon was born on this day. He was killed at the Battle of Wilson’s Creek, making him the first Union general to fall during the Civil War.
Missouri was requested to provide five regiments of infantry and one battery of light artillery for the Spanish-American War.
Nathaniel Lyon took command of the St. Louis Arsenal on this day.
Birthday of Uriel Sebree, in Fayette, Missouri. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet, Arctic Explorer, Governor of American Samoa.
The USS Missouri was launched was launched on this day.
Missourian James H. Howard got separated from his fighter group and, all alone, attacked a German flight of thirty planes.
The Second Battle of Springfield was fought during the Civil War.
Today in Missouri (and world) history is Armistice Day. World War I ended today. Missouri Life proudly salutes the service of our veterans across the country.
In honor of the brave leader of the “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo” Centerville (west of Rolla on Route 66) was re-named for the leader of the raid, St. Louis oil executive, Jimmy Doolittle. General Doolittle himself was there for the ceremony.
President Harry Truman did away with segregation in the military with executive order 9981, making it a model for the rest of society.
The Second Missouri Division, US Army was formed on this date. Their famous Taney County song, Houn’Dawg, told of a loyal and protective hound.
The 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps, an innovative and experimental unit of the United States Army, embarked on a remarkable long-distance ride from Missoula, Montana, to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1897. On this date, they completed the journey when they arrived in the Gateway City.
Lieutenant Harold George Schrier, a Missourian, led a group of US Marines up Mount Suribachi and, on this date, planted a flag at her top signaling the great victory at Iwo Jima. Schrier was born at Corder, MO and want to school at Lexington, MO.
The residents of Lawrence, Kansas, would never forget what happened on August 21, 1863, if indeed they were lucky enough to survive. The reason for the bloody raid that left nearly two hundred men dead and caused between $1 million and $1.5 million in damage (in 1863 dollars) is still the subject of speculation.
The historic military facility at Jefferson Barracks was given its present name. Previously, it was known as Camp Adams.
